GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| convention | agreement |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| frigid | intensely cold |